Mr. Samukai was declared the winner of the December 8, 2020 senatorial election in Lofa. He emphasized that with the prolonged stay of Mr. Samukai as a Defense Minister, he should not be seen or considered as an “ordinary man”. He noted that Mr. Samukai remains one of the best “military species” across the West African sub-region and as such, “issues involving him should be handled in a way that justice will be served in an expeditious form”. In July, the Supreme Court Justice Joseph Nagbe granted the Government of Liberia’s request to order the National Elections Commission (NEC) to halt the certification of Lofa County Senator-elect J. Brownie Samukai, Jr. The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Justice filed a writ of prohibition on March 29, 2021 to prevent Senator-elect Samukai, Jr. from being certificated by the National Elections Commission.

Source: Front Page Africa August 11, 2021 10:14 UTC